The venerated string quartet makes a stop on its 50th anniversary tour to play music from the dawn of the string quartet era right up to the present.
The venerated string quartet makes a stop on its 50th anniversary tour to play music from the dawn of the string quartet era right up to the present., mapping out its 50th anniversary tour, made several dozen stops, including Seoul, London, Milan, Vancouver, plus a special visit to play behind a desk in our Washington, D.
C. office. Needless to say, we were honored. Takács cellist András Fejér is the sole original member of the string quartet. He commands a goldmine of institutional memory, from co-founding the group in communist Hungary in the early 1970s, to the band's 1986 defection to Boulder, Colo. , to winning a Grammy in 2003, to the departure of band members , to the addition of violist Richard O'Neill in 2020., the pioneer of the string quartet, finding humor in his false cadences, while passing themes to each other like delicious canapes on a tray. Then it's a quirky waltz, from a new quartet written for Takács by"We feel lucky to play string quartets," violinist Edward Dusiberre, who joined the group 32 years ago, tells the NPR audience."Somehow the medium inspires composers to express themselves in their most daring, imaginative and humorous ways." And for 50 years, the Takács Quartet has been the eloquent voice of those expressive composers.
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